Clouds Gathering Over North Jerusalem, Israel ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Wide View Of The Walls Of The Old City Of Jerusalem, Israel ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Mt. Of Olives As Seen From The Dome Of The Rock, Old City Of Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Dome Of The Rock, Old City Of Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

The Citadel And The Tower Of David, Old City Of Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Rooftop Techno-Jumble In One Of The Oldest Cities In The World - Old City Of Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Study Hall? - Old City Of Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Protecting Your Rooftops - Old City Of Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

The Faithful Mix With The Tourists In The Old City Of Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Church Of The Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Straining to leave a message for God - Western Wall, Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Praying For The Same Thing? - Western Wall, Jerusalem ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Old City of Jerusalem's Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Yad Vashem, Jerusalem

In Jerusalem there is a set of buildings known as Yad Vashem dedicated to archiving, preserving and displaying information about the holocaust. The stark building from which this photo was taken yields a glorious view of the Jewish homeland framed by a hollowed triangle of metal. The message is unmistakable. ©Gerald Diamond All Rights Reserved

Haifa

A jigsaw puzzle view from Mt. Carmel of the lower city near the port. Enlarge the view, look carefully and you can see hundreds of rooftop satellite dishes and solar panels. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

World Center of the Baha'i Faith on the slopes of Mt. Carmel in Haifa ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Haifa's hills formed around Mt. Carmel at sundown. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

2,000 year old aqueduct on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea south of Haifa in the ruins of Caeserea. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Caeserea Aqueduct with birds looking out over the shores of the Mediterranean. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

End Of The Road - Here the old Roman Aqueduct of Caeserea erodes as it angles toward the Sea. Here it has stood for nearly 2,000 years. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Masada cable car suspended over the abyss with the desert below and the Dead Sea in the distance. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Masada - From the top one can see the footpath that snakes down to the base of the mountain over 1,000 feet below. The path was originally built by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago. Looking carefully you can see the remains of the square encampment walls erected by the Romans during the 18-month siege of Masada. In the distance is the Dead Sea. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

The view looking eastward from the top of Masada. In the distance are the hills of Jordan and in between an airstrip and roadway. Enlarge the photo for more details. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Masada ruins stand atop the mountain as though in continued silent defiance of all comers. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

Thousand year old oak, Jerusalem, Israel ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

On the ramparts of the Citadel by the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City. Reminiscent of a drawing by M. C. Escher.

©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved